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JUST GOT IN TO MY STATE SCHOOL!!! I was sitting on the floor in the lobby of my apartment building, re-reading the first sentence over and over again...I couldn't believe it! Having suffered rejections from Temple, Wake Forest, and MCPHU, my state school was my last chance. I interviewed in February, and hadn't heard A THING since...not even a wait-list letter.
This is a message of hope for all you non-trads out there. Got my degree in Biology about 11 years ago, with 5 F's on my Ugrad transcript. Withdrew from a grad program in Genetics, with 4 Incompletes on my Grad transcript. Sold real estate for a couple of years, WHICH SUCKED. Got a med tech job with a very supportive M.D. who encouraged me to "get back in it." Took Kaplan to prep for the MCAT, and as I was taking their Diagnostic test, my pregnant wife was hospitalized...our daughter was born 7 weeks premature and needed heart surgery out-of-state. After two years of corrective surgery/hospitalization for my daughter, retook Kaplan (shelling out another $1200), did pretty well on the MCAT (10,11,13,Q). Waited one year to save for application fees/travel expenses. Applied this year to a bunch of schools, but with a 2.8 GPA, not much takers.
Bottom line: NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS! If it's really what you want, put your head down and weather the storm... When May 1st arrived, I was making plans for summer school and fall semester for post-bacc classes, and I saved up for another round of application fees. NOW I GET TO USE THAT MONEY FOR MY DEPOSIT AND A PARTY FOR MY FAMILY THIS WEEK-END!
Sorry this post was long-winded. Just wanted to thank all you guys for the advice and support. You made this agonizing process much more bearable knowing that there were others who could relate.
me ke aloha pumehana
This is a message of hope for all you non-trads out there. Got my degree in Biology about 11 years ago, with 5 F's on my Ugrad transcript. Withdrew from a grad program in Genetics, with 4 Incompletes on my Grad transcript. Sold real estate for a couple of years, WHICH SUCKED. Got a med tech job with a very supportive M.D. who encouraged me to "get back in it." Took Kaplan to prep for the MCAT, and as I was taking their Diagnostic test, my pregnant wife was hospitalized...our daughter was born 7 weeks premature and needed heart surgery out-of-state. After two years of corrective surgery/hospitalization for my daughter, retook Kaplan (shelling out another $1200), did pretty well on the MCAT (10,11,13,Q). Waited one year to save for application fees/travel expenses. Applied this year to a bunch of schools, but with a 2.8 GPA, not much takers.
Bottom line: NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS! If it's really what you want, put your head down and weather the storm... When May 1st arrived, I was making plans for summer school and fall semester for post-bacc classes, and I saved up for another round of application fees. NOW I GET TO USE THAT MONEY FOR MY DEPOSIT AND A PARTY FOR MY FAMILY THIS WEEK-END!
Sorry this post was long-winded. Just wanted to thank all you guys for the advice and support. You made this agonizing process much more bearable knowing that there were others who could relate.
me ke aloha pumehana
